The Secret of Love: A Glimpse into the Mystical Wisdom of Rav Kook

"All of the Torah-ethics, mitzvot, learning, and practice-come to remove the obstacles that prevent an all-encompassing love from expanding and spreading to every corner of life, everywhere."

-Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook

This is a book about love, about how to become a more loving human being. How to love ourselves, our families, our communities, other human beings and every cell of creation-more. It has been inspired by the writings of the contemporary mystic, Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook.

According to Rav Kook, love flows from our souls. Love brings oneness into the world. Becoming a loving person is the goal of living in the Image of God. "I love all." Rav Kook writes. "I cannot not love all people. The Torah is love".

Aryeh Ben David has worked in Jewish Education for over 30 years, as senior staff at the Pardes Institute, Educational Director of Livnot U’Lehibanot, Spiritual consultant for Hillel International, and founder and director of Ayeka: Center for Soulful Education. He is the author of Becoming a Soulful Educator; The Ayeka Shabbat; The Godfile: 10 Approaches to Personalizing Prayer; The Ayeka Haggadah; and Prayers of the Lost & Found. Some people call him a rabbi and master teacher; he refers to himself as a work-in-progress.